Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Felipe Massa - Page 2

I am not here really just to race. I am here to win. That's really my point.

Driving for Ferrari is completely different. Not in the way you work, the way of working is similar in whatever team you go - especially in the top teams. But it's different because it's like a religion.

Sometimes things don't happen in the way you want it to. But that's sport.

I always had a good relationship with all my team-mates in my career.

When you're at Ferrari, you know your team-mate will be strong.

I have a passion for racing, for competing and for fighting on the track.

It was always my dream to drive for Ferrari.

People always put me completely out of the game, and that's even nicer because nobody expects you to do a good job and then you do a better job than everybody thinks and it's nicer.

There are a lot of good cars, good teams and good drivers.

A lot of things happen in a difficult way inside Ferrari in terms of pressure.

If I had my accident maybe 10 years ago I wouldn't be here now. The technology we have now, the helmets, can save your life.

After your time passes at Ferrari, you may drive for another team, but you're always a Ferrari driver.

The people in the grandstand just want to see good driving, good overtaking. But inside the sport everything is about money and politics. It's stupid. And I'm not just talking about Formula One. It's every sport.

I'm very happy to be joining the Venturi Formula E Team and the Formula E championship, which has become a magnificent competition in such a short space of time.

Just competing in the Brazilian GP is a dream for all Brazilian racing drivers. I remember sitting in the grandstands when I was a kid, watching Ayrton Senna, Nelson Piquet and even Rubens Barrichello. After that, to race there in Formula One is a feeling that is hard to explain.

That is something you can never explain, it is part of all sporting life. Anybody can have a bad day and they can have many good days.

I am proud to be part of Ferrari's history.

I think that if you are well-accepted by the other drivers and respected it is important.

Sometimes you don't see the result that you expect.

I want to find a team that can give me a competitive car to win many more races and challenge for the championship.

I will do everything I can always for my country.

For me, my country is the most important thing.

When the media began reporting that I might return, I was touched by the response from so many fans who wanted to see me back in the sport. That was certainly a factor in the decision, so I'd like to thank the fans for their support. But, at the end of the day, when I received the call it was an offer I couldn't refuse. It was Williams!

We always need to keep working to improve safety - not just the cars; the tracks and everything are very safe now.

I'd like to be remembered as an important component of the Ferrari team.

I want to keep having fun like I have done all my life.

We are not here for political reasons, we are here for sport, to fight for positions. That's the good thing about Formula One.

I know how to lose and I know how to win.

If you know how to set up the car, if you know how to work with the team, you know what you need to have a comfortable car to drive.

I have zero frustration in my life and that's the way it is.

If you are a great guy with your competitors, with your colleagues, it is always good, even on the race track and off it.

My first year, I was really a kind of a wild guy. But I had a very difficult car to drive and I was very young. I think I was maybe too young to have started straight away.

We had many years with refueling in Formula 1 and we had a few problems, but not really very dangerous problems to be honest.

The time I say that I am a number two driver, I will not race any more.

Many Formula One races last two hours, are really boring and nothing happens.

I have zero pressure, because I have nothing to lose.

I think what makes things interesting in Formula E, and I really hope it happens with me, is that many drivers are able to win the race. Maybe many drivers can win the championship.

There's no better place to be on the podium than here at Monza.

Maybe I am the driver who got the most close to the championship in history.

My return is not about seeing Formula One as the best option, but is about seeing the role at Williams as the best option. I would not have returned for any other team.